A Disneyland Paris employee was discovered dead inside the park's Phantom Manor attraction over the weekend, and prosecutors believe he was electrocuted.
Authorities believe the unnamed 45-year-old employee was working on lighting before the park opened when the accident took place. Police are interviewing the colleagues who found the man's body, and the ride is expected to stay closed until at least Wednesday as the investigation continues.
The man started working at Disneyland Paris in 2002, Sky News reports, and lived east of Paris. Union rep Patrick Maldidier told the French newspaper Le Parisien the man was well-liked and "someone who always had a smile on his face." It's not the first time a Disneyland Paris employee died at the park; in 2010, a cleaner was killed after he was trapped under an It's a Small World boat.
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